Adiabatic and multimode interference couplers on silicon-on-insulator

Kimmo Solehmainen; Markku Kapulainen; Mikko Harjanne; Timo Aalto

doi:10.1109/LPT.2006.885305

Adiabatic and multimode interference couplers on silicon-on-insulator

Kimmo Solehmainen, Markku Kapulainen, Mikko Harjanne, Timo Aalto

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Abstract

Adiabatic and multimode interference (MMI) 3-dB couplers based on silicon-on-insulator rib waveguides were fabricated and measured. For testing purposes, pairs of identical couplers were cascaded to form Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The adiabatic couplers showed excess on-chip loss of ~0.5 dB, extinction ratio (ER) of 15-20 dB, and a wide spectral range. The MMI couplers processed on the same wafer showed similar loss per coupler, higher ER, and limited spectral characteristics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2287-2289
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	18
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2006.885305
Publication status	Published - 2006
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Integrated optics
optical device fabrication
optical planar waveguide couplers
silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology

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